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Friday, December 19, 2008; 6:59 PM

Below is the text of an e-mail from Robert Galinsky sent to one of the people who responded to his Craigslist advertisement for The New York Reality TV School.

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Thanks for your interest in the The New York Reality TV School. We want you to come to the audition this Tuesday night December 9th from 7-9:45pm. We have just signed our deal with Merv Griffin TV and Tuesday night we will be joined by Broadway Producer Terry Schnuck (Spring Awakening) as well as press from Australia, Norway, Holland, Brooklyn and New Jersey as well as TV Producers from Merv Griffin.

Read below carefully....

Reality TV is changing the way people view entertainment and entertainers and we are proud to be the first company that is pioneering the "school" aspect of Reality TV. PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY. This audition is not your typical audition. This audition is bigger than the show opportunity at hand, as you will be seen by more than the producers of the show and you will be entered into a casting database for other opportunities.

The audition you will be doing will be an actual facsimile of an episode- ie: a class/seminar at the New York Reality TV School. You will be participating in an audition as a seminar along with real students and the goal is to not know the difference between the auditioners and the students. (you do not have to pay for the seminar - there is no charge - it is free for those auditioning).

This audition will tell us a great deal about you ie: how you interact with a cast, how much you are willing to reveal about your personality and if you can be trusted to keep the secret- YOU ARE NOT AT AN AUDITION, YOU ARE A PAYING STUDENT IN A SEMINAR. Our producers will be watching the episode/seminar and we don't want them to know who has paid or his auditioning, get it? We want our producers and casting directors to see who you are and what you're about and your talents.

If you want to make an impression, if you want to enter our database, get some great training, network with others and CAN KEEP THE SECRET, please see the application questions below, fill them out right in the body of the email and reply asap.

THIS IS ABOUT TRUST - You will be excluded from consideration for being booked for this job if you divulge that this is an audition.

That's why in the application below, it is important to let us know your 'job' outside of acting ie: student, accountant, musician, bartender, model, comedian, artist, bus driver, Doctor, etc. That is how we want you to enter the space, NOT AS AN ACTOR.

Here is a link to the massive amounts of positive press we've received so far so you can see what phenomenon you can be a part of. Please keep this link private as well.

http://www.newyorkrealitytvschool.com/press.htm

There will be some great press at the episode/seminar and we know that cast mates from Survivor, Amazing Race, Beauty and the Geek, Hell's Kitchen and more will be in attendance as well as casting directors from Warner Bros.

Pictures. Mark Burnett's team and more.

We will send the location of the seminar upon the return of your application below. Again we have so many people to look at we may set up an additional date.

Robert Galinsky

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